Competitions · United States

MIT Fall 2018

Cambridge, Massachusetts · 6 October 2018 · 6 events · 113 competitors · 124 personal bests

Phillip Lewicki won two of the six events (3×3, 4×4) and the closest final was the Pyraminx, won by Marcus Kamen by 0.13 seconds. 113 competitors produced 124 personal bests, 36 of which still stand today, and ten people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Zayit Siege took a 4×4 single of 3:05.94 down to 1:18.34, 58 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Phillip Lewicki — 3×3, 4×4

0.13s

closest final — Pyraminx, Marcus Kamen over Krish Shah-Nathwani

124

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Phillip Lewicki	6.98	8.00
4×4	Phillip Lewicki	26.81	29.16
5×5	Philipp Weyer	52.93	54.35
6×6	Jonah Crosby	1:52.05	1:57.06
7×7	Alvin Yang	2:50.91	3:00.35
Pyraminx	Marcus Kamen	1.79	3.33

The PB harvest

124 set · 36 still standing

Jonah Crosby — 3×3 single 6.00: into the top 0.48% of the event's history.
Joshua Broderick Phillips — Pyraminx single 1.79: into the top 0.82% of the event's history.
Ricky Meiler — 3×3 single 6.95: into the top 1.3% of the event's history.
Adriel Wiebe — Pyraminx single 2.23: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Julianna Bennett — 3×3 single 8.25: into the top 3.2% of the event's history.
Miranda Manning — 3×3 single 8.90: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Maxwell Freda — 3×3 single 9.36: into the top 5.7% of the event's history.
Nathan Peck — 4×4 single 34.17: into the top 6.0% of the event's history.

First-timers

Ten people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 26,076 people who made their debut in 2018. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

113 competitors · 434 results · 6 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Phillip Lewicki won it with a 8.00 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1U' D' L' D2 R' F R2 L2 U' D2 L' U F2 D B2 U2 F2 D L2 B2
2U2 B D2 R2 U2 R2 F L2 F' U' L' U' L' U' L R B' L2 D' R2
3U2 F2 L2 B2 R2 D2 F' R2 F D2 L2 R' U' B R2 D' F' U2 R' B'
4B2 R U2 B2 R' B2 D2 L' R D B D2 U F L' B F2 D' U' F2
5U2 D' R2 L B2 U' L' B D2 R L2 F2 R2 D' B2 L2 D'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

113 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.